said that to say, you know what, pat robertson's right. what caused the earthquake in haiti was a curse, specifically what caused the earthquake in haiti is voodoo. >> i know his comments angered a lot of the so-called, in my opinion, liberals. what he said about the comments about haitians. and from a spiritual standpoint, we believe dr. robertson was on target about haiti, haiti in the past with voodoo. and we believe in the bible that the practice of voodoo is a sin and what caused the nation to suffer. >> voodoo caused the earthquake in haiti says the new state engagement director just hired by the republican party of virginia. the party's press release announcing his hire celebrating him as a great asset who will share why ken cuccinelli should be our next governor. this really is what the republican party is like right now. even after the 2012 elections, and the supposed nationwide tip to tail diagnosis that the party needed to re-brand, maybe take it a little easy on the fire and brimstone hot sauce, at least for the next few electi

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gordon robertson takes us to the site of one of david's greatest victories, the valley of el a. ela. >> gordon: here in jerusalem, his name is everywhere. david is the most famous king in israel's history. but some say he wasn't the great rural described in the bible. one israeli archeologist said that david and solomon did not rule over a big territory. he was a small chiefton, very poor. >> this is a great chief, if you want to call king david a chief or king solomon a chief. this is a great chief and this is a huge tribe. >> gordon: others say he never existed at all. even a professor of biblical studies, who insisted, i am not the only scholar who suspects that the figure of king david is about as historical as king arthur. >> these guys said they didn't have any historical memories, so they're secrets. >> gordon: one by one, those archeological memories are being uncovered, and all over israel excavators are confirming the biblical story of israel's greatest king. the bible records david's story in great detail. from his days as a shepherd boy to his death in the royal pala

isn't this, professor robertson, fundamentally what medicare already does? they say we have a certain set fee that we pay for this procedure or this kind of doctor time, and that's one of the reasons why with their pricing power, their prices or costs are lower than what most insurers or certainly people in the private market pay? >> medicare is able to pay less than private insurers because it's so big that the hospitals have to accept what medicare's willing to play as to what medicare will pay in full. private insurers do not have that kind of leverage, they negotiate with hospitals and try to get the best prices they can. frankly, the hospitals have merged, the hospital systems have a lot of bargaining power, and what they found in california, they represent public employees, state of california, cities and municipalities, is that they were paying prices that ranged from $20,000 up to $120,000 for the same procedure, which was knee or hip replacement surgery. so what they said, they netted a benefit design put in, which said, we will pay up to $30,000. a

cnn's international correspondent nic robertson is in hong kong right now. tell us about this rally this morning for snowden. how many people were there? >> perhaps not as many as he would have liked to have shown up, victor. i talked to the organizers down at the rally, it was raining perhaps that dropped the numbers. they told me they were waiting for several hundred. i would say there were perhaps 300. you know what, out of those 300, about a third of them were journalists covering the event. so really it's not a big sort of show of support for edward snowden. and you can't just blame it on the rain. just a couple days ago there was a big rally in support of -- or to highlight the tiananmen situation in mainland china back in 1989 when those students were killed. between 50 and 150,000 people showed up for that rally and it was pouring with rain. so edward snowden sort of getting, i have to say, a bit of a thumbs down from the people in hong kong right now. >> the people who showed up there, did they tell you why that were there supporting him? >> yeah, t

our senior international correspondent nic robertson is on the trail in hong kong. >> reporter: they came for edward snowden, to help protect him from possible prosecution. >> i blow the whistle! >> i blow the whistle! >> reporter: a rally in the rain in the heart of the city he claims was targeted by nsa hackers. organize e organizers hoped for hundreds. they got maybe 300, about a third journalists covering the event. >> it's a war of security. >> reporter: this speaker one of three legislators voicing concerns over snowden's fate, not surprised by the low turnout. >> the grassroots here just couldn't care less about this crazy foreigner, uninvited guest who just barged into hong kong. what's that about? and let the authorities deal with it. >> reporter: perhaps not the numbers organizers were hoping for and hard to blame it on the weather, too, but the tiananmen square protests took place just days ago. there were between 50,000 and 150,000 people and it was pouring down with rain. snowden gave away his most valuable asset, his location. checking out of this hotel barely 12 hours

. >> reporter: ted robertson already knows. he saw his house go up in flames as he fled. >> we saw several of those black plumes, and you-- your stomach just tells you. that's your house. that's your neighborhood. and, you know, it's gone. >> reporter: what is that like to watch? >> um, we're still numb. it was nopght but ash, and i was able to get a couple of photographs of that, and make the toughest call i've ever had to make to my wife to tell her we didn't have a house anymore. >> reporter: what was her reaction? >> it was extremely strong, very intense. and for her her, it's an irrevocable change. it's a loss we will never see reversed in our lifetime, and it's so permanent. it was like the same thing she experienced when she lost her mom. >> reporter: ted robertson told me he's not sure whether his family will want to rebuild in black forest. but knowing their house is gone is a first step in the process of moving forward. jim, tonight officials are asking for information from the public which could help determine the fi

. >> and of course, the latest development in the snowden manhunt is that nic robertson, cnn's nic robertsonat there is an associate of wikileaks who says he has a charter jet in hong kong ready to fly snowden to iceland, if iceland's prime minister gives permission for that to happen without threat that snowden would be extradited. in terms of the legality of this all, jeffrey, i know that iceland does have an extradition treaty with the united states. do you envision the prime minister ever promising he wouldn't honor that treaty, given the amount, the degree to which the united states government wants this man? >> reporter: well, jake, i don't want to overstate -- [ inaudible ] >> it sounds like we're losing jeffrey toobin on the phone there. all right, we'll come back to jeffrey toobin later today. "the guardian" newspaper is defending its decision to publish material from the nsa leaker. it's a response to concerns raised by senator claire mccaskill yesterday right here in "the situation room." >> i think "the guardian" has an agenda. i respect the fact that "the guardian" is putting th

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>> robertson's guest wasn't sure, but for the record, there is a decent chance that kennedy does havecolleagues on his staff, as does his colleagues. as reported earlier this month, openly gay law clerk are common in the chambers of liberal and conservative justices. so as pat robertson suggests, the supreme court is basically the same as every other workplace. >>> also, it's 2013. this may have been my first time doing the sideshow, but it's the last time for sideshow producer for mary alice amon who is moving on to bigger things. we wish her the best of luck. >>> and when we come back, why so many house republicans think it would be good politics for them to kill immigration reform once and for all. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i did? when visa signature asked everybody what upgraded experiences really mattered... you suggested luxury car service instead of "strength training with patrick willis." come on todd! flap them chicken wings. [ grunts ] well, i travel a lot and umm... [ male announcer ] at visa signature, every upgraded experience comes from listening to our

we just heard from nic robertson.l black, who actually joins me on the phone at the airport, right? >> reporter: on our way there right now, alison, yes. >> do you know if there's going to be extra security on hand there when snowden lands in moscow? >> reporter: at this stage, we're not sure. we're not getting a lot of comment from the russian government precisely about what they know, what their intentions are. they're aware of the media report that snowden is inbound to the russian capital at this moment, but they are not saying what they know about his intentions or how they will respond to them. throughout the story, if you like, since snowden's identity and his role in releasing this information had become public, russia had always been discussed as a possible country where snowden could flee to to try to remain beyond the reach of the united states, and throughout that time russia has been noncommittal on just how it would respond to that possibility. it's always said that, in the event it receives formal asylu

cleveland helped to raise cleveland robertson. -- anne cleveland robertson. >> understand her grandmothers very kind and help to raise you. >> that is true. she was my grandmother. this one incident happened on a sunday night in new hampshire where we spent the summer. on sunday nights, we used to get together the family and the cleveland family to sing hymns. we all really enjoyed that. but, each person had their own favorite hymn. one sunday, i got together with a group and went bowling with my cousin and square dancing friends. we had a very good time. i do not think there is anything terribly malicious about it. my godmother and one of my grandmother's closest friends and called my grandmother and said, where was ann during the hymn singing? my grandmother called me to her desk. she said, with a quiet smile, she would like to have me back for the rest of the summer. she did it because my godmother, who was a very dear lady, was very influential and very strict. my grandmother was trying to be strict with me. i appreciated that. i obviously went back and saying sang hymms. >> your gran

nic robertson has more about snowden's departure. >> reporter: the hong kong government says they weren't given the right legal documentation from the underto meet their requirementses to issue a provisional arrest warden for edward snowden as the united states asked for. and for that reason they say without an arrest warrant, edward snowden wasn't on a watch list, he was a free man free to leave the country which is what he's done. one legal expert we've talked to here who has been watching snowden's case very closely has said he's shocked at what the hong kong government has done. he said all the government needed was to know that though deny owing was in hong kong and that he was wanted by the united states for prosecution in the united states. those were the minimum legal requirements that needed to be met. and he said as far as he could see, those were met. so not only has hong kong allowed edward snowden to leave by not arresting him, they have also said they are now writing a letter to the u.s. government to find out about edward snowden's allegations of cyber hacking of china's co

nic robertson, cnn, hong kong. >> many u.s. lawmakers have publicly condemned edward snowden's actions. just yesterday, nancy pelosi was booed by a liberal audience after referring to him as a criminal. >> as far as snowden, i would be in disagreement with you. he did violate the law, in terms of releasing those documents. we don't know -- >> [ boo! ]. >> i understand. i understand. but he did violate the law. >> pelosi was speaking at a net roots group in california. she said more transparency in government programs would be welcome. >>> outside boston, police searched the property of an nfl player twice. more on the nfl patriot and death of a friend of his whose body was near his home. >>> paula deen's empire unraveling? one show dumping her and another rethinking its ties to her product. [ male announcer ] my client gloria has a lot going on in her life. wife, mother, marathoner. but one day it's just gonna be james and her. so as their financial advisor, i'm helping them look at their complete financial picture -- even the

nic robertson, he's got the details. >> reporter: overcome by grief, a mother lying in the road.nly child is dead. where so many lost their lives, this industrial poultry farm, anguish and anger. as this lady tells us, her aunt is still missing. a policeman shuts us down. we are told to move away from the crowd. across the road, another relative of a victim of the chicken farm fire is man handled away from us. when he does go, she cries out, my sister-in-law died right there, i have nothing to fear now. they died such a horrible death. because the door was shut. another relative, quietly tells us, workers couldn't get out, adding they complained about the doors before. at the nearby hospital, more anxious relatives scrutinize a list of survivors. inside, police control the corridor to the injured. relatives huddle nearby. my cousin only just got out alive, this lady tells us. she went to one door, it was locked. she went to another, and just managed to get her arm out through a tiny hole before she was overcome and collapsed. as we wait, this woman wheeled off for surgery. she te

pat robertson. ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( cheers ) would you like to do sex tonight, darling? well, no, sweetheart, but it would be nice if you would tear off my ears and fintertips. so we have clearly still got a ways to go at home. what about overseas? where people are famously more enlightened about these issues. let's check in with tonight's installment of "gaywatch: international edition." ( laughter ) brought to you by international male. international male, sell mesh underpants for pretend pirates since 1974. our first stop, our first stop on this trip, france, which recently legalize gay marriage, a move that i can only assume was met with the traditional nationwide tballic shrug. >> violence erupted across paris as demonstrators swarmed to the street over france's law allowing gay marriage. there were 150,000 demonstrators. >> john: really. >> boooo! >> john: i did not expect that. i guess they just feel very strongly about preserving traditional marriage in france, which sof course, one man, one woman, and her sister, and their maid, and the college-age daughter frie

big beautiful crowd about 4500 people came out to robertson park today because this is family night. buck admission, a buck hot do, a buck soda, a buck hot dogs, and it's going on for another hour. joining me is kathleen and you're president of the rodeo foundation? >> i am. >> reporter: tell me about what's going on this evening. >> tonight is family night. we expect 4500 people out here. >> reporter: it's a big party. >> it is. everything is a dollar. come enjoy it. kickoff to the rodeo starting saturday and sunday. >> reporter: and this year, i notice you have some amusement rides for the kids. >> we do. that's new. so we have a kids fun zone. they can come in and ride rides, watch the rodeo. >> reporter: john also president here of the rodeo foundation, tell me about the rodeo beginning on saturday. >> saturday the gates open at 11:00. the rodeo starts at 3:00. >> reporter: how much are tickets? >> $20 for the sun and $20 for the shade. >> reporter: that is my big question. today was 92 degrees here. 98 expected on friday. flirting with triple digits easily on saturday. are you c

i want to bring in nic robertson who is in hong kong. we've seen the back and forth. we saw hong kong say we had to let him go because we didn't have the proper paperwork. justice pushed back and said, no, we were getting the proper paperwork and they know that. what's the latest in this back and forth? >> reporter: well, the latest is we're now hearing from beijing and there has ben a lot of speculation the role beijing would play in all of this. were they going to blow a favorable wind to allow edward snowden to move on from honk con, influence hong kong authorities. and this is what we're hearing from the foreign ministry spokesman in beijing at the moment and i will read this to you. we have noted relevance reports but are not aware of the specifics. we will continue to follow its development. hong kong is ruled by law on the basis of the basic law of the hong kong special administrative region and the principle of one country two systems. the central government always respects the hong kong government's handling of affairs in accordance with the law. however, wha

>>reporter: it's the 95th annual livermore rodeo right here at robertson park. come on down, but make sure you're dressed mighty cooley today and have that sunblock with temperatures approaching 95 degrees. roberta gonzalez, kpix5. >>> there is a yummy breakfast sandwich on tap for "tony's table." >> it's time for a sandwich. let's do sandwich this is week. >> okay. with that, i really like sandwiches. >> sandwichesar lot of fun this time of year because there are so many different items you can make sandwiches with. just use your imagination. this is a mexican sandwich. what do we got going? >> it's a mexican egg sandwich, eggs are great in sandwiches but it's nice to have variation with it. here we have two large eggs. >> i love cherree, a mexican sausage, spicy, bold, delicious. we got that already cooked up. >> the eggs are about done. and we've already cooked this and put it in the eggs, actually. i gave the eggs a lot of orange and yellow color to it. >> it did give the eggs a nice color. >> it's mexican street color too. it's a little bit of a mess, but t

let's bring in cnn international correspondent nic robertson. he's in hong kong. nic, what is the latest on the search for snowden? >> reporter: well, i think, perhaps, one of the things, one of the issues here is that there is no arrest warrant for him yet, there is no request for extradition yet that we're aware of, and perhaps, snowden really at the moment is really hiding from all the journalists who want to talk to him, rather than hiding from authorities. i mean, what he's said is that he's willing to put his fate in the hands of the people and the courts of hong kong and that he has faith in the justice system here. however, he really has gone to ground. but when i was talking to a former senior police official here, he said, look, there may be 7 million people here in hong kong. this may be one of the densest populated cities in the world. that is also when it comes to looking for snowden, that's 7 million pairs of eyes who could be out there looking for him, alison. >> there was a rally in support of snowden in hong kong yesterday, but i'm hearing it was

peter robertson and -- [ applause ] -- and deputy first minister martin mcginnis. i spend the whole year trying to unite washington on things and they come and visit they do it in a single afternoon. i want to thank the secretary of state for northern ireland. to all of the ministers in the audience, to lord mayor -- [ applause ] i want to thank the citizens of belfast and northern ireland for your hospitality. as our daughters pointed out as we were driving in, i cause a big fuzz wherever i go. so, traffic, and barricades and police officers and it's all a big production, a lot of people are involved and i'm very, very grateful for accommodating us. the first time michelle and i visited this island was about two years ago, we were honored to join tens of thousands in college green dublin. we traveled to a little village where as it turned out, my great-great-great grandfather was born and i actually identified this individual in this place only a few years ago when i was first running for office in chicago, i didn't know this but i wish i had -- when i was in chic

i want to bring in our senior international correspondent nic robertson. nic is in hong kong. nic, i just get the feeling -- and tell me whether i'm right or wrong -- that hong kong didn't actually want to be -- have the choice be the anger of its own people who don't like being spied on by the nsa and the united states that wanted this guy extradited. so they put him on a plane. is that feasible? >> reporter: it is in a way, certainly. i mean, look, hong kong authorities felt they were between a rock and a hard place. good extradition agreements with the united states, procedures gone well in the past, and this particular case, on their other shoulder, they've got beijing. beijing clearly has been accused by the united states recently of cyber hacking, and now beijing is learning and getting publicly in its face from edward snowden details about how this hacking was going on. today more details about how 1.1 billion mobile phone subscribers in china were having their text messages hacked by the nsa as well, according to edward snowden. that was reported in a newspaper here as

. >> banquet with lieutenant sam robertson said he guarded when there is a member of time during the killers 23 year stay on death row and. >> there've been numerous times that he's exposed himself and. >> i remember he was just a pure evil person's. >> san francisco police chief says that in 1984 rivers killed a 9-year-old girl in the tenderloin. in the summer of 85 and was other assigned to the task force. third says he ran into ramirez at the hall of justice after ramirez was charged with killing. >> if you saw him, you just knew that there was something wrong, just the dead i and he was ordered in the window just standing there like it was a picture window's. >> as spokesperson for the marin county sheriff's office says that ramirez died of natural causes related to liver failure, he was 53 years old. mike maybeck ktvu channel two news stomach the fbi is offering a 5000-dollar reward for information leading to the capture of three brazen bank robbers. the fbi says it was their fourth bank job in about one month. what makes these three men different is that they brandished guns, a

nic robertson is in hong kong with more on snowden's live chat. -- that kind of sounds like a threat. like either you don't do anything to me or you can't murder me. that sounds really odd, nic. >> it sounds like a guy who's really putting up a defense. you never quite know when it's going to be the last time that we're actually going to hear from him. i mean, look, he's taken into his confidence a few journalists. he has to figure that a lot of intelligence agencies, not least of all from the united states, would like to get their hands on these computers. he came out with four computers. would like to get their hands on those computers to find out precisely what he's got. but a man like this, tech savvy as he is, you've got to believe that he has dumped down some of that data and passed it to other people. maybe that's inherent on what he's saying there. you know, this was a very fiery defense that he gave of himself here. about 20 questions answered in the space of close to two hours. around about midnight time here. answering criticism from di

robertson's points in the past with the voodoo.oo that cause a nation to suffer. those who study know about what said was doing the truth. >> what were the people doing listening to this nonsense? i'm reminded of the cole porter lyric "that voodoo that you do so well." up next the man who could save the gop. we think, i think, chris christie snubs the faith and freedom coalition. will conservatives snub him? you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ children] energy efficient appliances. you can get a tax write off for those. a programmable thermostat, very smart, saves money. ♪ cash money sorry. i see you have allstate claim free rewards, for every year you don't have a claim, you'll get money off your home insurance policy. put it towards... [ glass shatters ] [ girl ] dad! dad! [ girl screams ] noise canceling headphones? [ nicole ] that's a great idea. [ male announcer ] home insurance that saves you money for not having a claim? that's allstate home insurance with claim free rewards. talk to an allstate agent... [

this was ted robertson's house the last time he saw it. when he came back, he found this. >> i have never lived through anything like this. >> reporter: now, military has joined the battle. >> give me some water! >> reporter: firefighters from the air force academy just up the road, stomping flames on the ground. planes and blackhawk helicopters bombing hotspots from above. 41,000 people under mandatory orders to evacuate. this is one of the houses in danger. you can see from the sign -- the people have already left, taking no chances. before they left they left sprinklers on the roof running just in case. >> the most important thing is the people and the animals. the rest is just stuff. >> reporter: mike trees and his families are leaving. their escape complicated by a regular noah's ark -- four dogs, two horses, a miniature stallion, two cats and five kittens. >> you just hunker down. you don't have any choice. >> reporter: mike's 93-year-old mother harriet made sure to save her cookbook, four generations of priceless family recipes. >>

robertson -- i'm sorry, pat buchanan. >> i was thinking as you are talking my grandmother got married at 13. no one said oh my god there goes her child at. >> right, we had a very different view of childhood historically because we have different economic needs for young people so as expected the young people would be in the labor force as early as they could particularly when we were in an agrarian-based society. it's only after industrialization and the expansion of the middle class and prosperity after world war ii that we have a we think of as the quote traditional childhood and traditional family. in course people got left out of that tradition particularly african-americans and other people of color in the jim crow not just south of the north to map. >> in my book i talk about confronting and discussing with the president of "msnbc" in 2010 about pat buchanan and him being on that channel and saying you have a guy who is essentially friendly with white separatist, friendly with white supremacists. he has written a book that says america's diversity is its downfall. why is this g

my name is andrei robertson and i am the project director at api wellness. i'm here today to talk about the cuts proposed at the center for the tenderloin tase clinic. it amounts to [speaker not understood] but it will impact about 75 clients. the impact will either affect the amount of services delivered and/or those types of services. what is significant is tase 60% of clients have undetectable viral load. this is significant because the clinic is outperformed other clinics in the city -- in a city that outperforms nationally. the u.s. centers for disease control estimates that the lifetime cost of hiv care is about $380,000. but for our clients that is only a base amount. many of our clients are high need, triple or quadruplely diagnosed with co-morbidities such as chronic liver disease, hepatitis, diabetes, along with a myriad of other medical and social problems significantly adding to the overall cost of hiv care. when cuts are implemented, it is hoped that clients will receive services elsewhere and they will. they will cycle in and out of the emergen

welcome to my guest today here at the st petersburg international economic forum they are charles robertson he is the global chief economist and head of macro strategy at renaissance capital we also have robert may he is managing partner at robert may consulting group and we have. the chief economist and head of research at deutsche bank russia. go to you first we just had at the end of last week g. eight there announcement about the global economy as least as it concerns the g seven g eight point nine i would say they all on the same page. you have a steady in europe and you have in the united states you talk about job creation and both don't create jobs well i think the developed economies are very constrained in undertaking a significant stimulus either through monetary policy or through fiscal policy i think part of the reason why you had such a statement was simply because there's not a lot of arsenal. tools left in the tool box exactly exactly i think if we're talking about fiscal policy fiscal deficits are very high there's not a lot of room for maneuver and then you take monetary po

welcome to my guest today here at the st petersburg international economic forum they are charles robertson he is the global chief economist and head of macro strategy at renaissance capital we also have robert may he is managing partner at robert may consulting group and we have. the chief economist and head of research at deutsche bank russia. go to you first we just had at the end of last week g. eight their announcement about the global economy as least as it concerns the g seven g eight point nine i would say they all on the same page. you have a steady in europe and you have sequester in the united states you talk about job creation and both don't create jobs well i think the developed economies are very constrained in undertaking a significant stimulus either through monetary policy or through fiscal policy i think part of the reason why you had such a statement was simply because there's not a lot of arsenal. tools left in the tool box exactly exactly i think if we're talking about fiscal policy. very high there's not a lot of room for maneuver and then you take monetary policy inte

welcome to my guest today here at the st petersburg international economic forum they are charles robertson he is the global chief economist and head of macro strategy at renaissance capital we also have robert may he is managing partner at robert may consulting group and we have. the chief economist and head of research at deutsche bank russia. to you first we just had at the end of last week g. eight their announcement about the global economy as least as it concerns the g seven g eight point nine i would say they all on the same page. you have a steady in europe and you have suppressed or in the united states you talk about job creation in both don't create jobs well i think the developed economies are very constrained in undertaking a significant stimulus either through monetary policy or through fiscal policy i think part of the reason why you had such a statement was simply because there's not a lot of arsenal. tools left in the tool box exactly exactly i think if we're talking about fiscal policy fiscal deficits are very high there's not a lot of room for maneuver and then you take m

nic robertson is our correspondent. it is a very serious revelation, i would imagine.ld think most people might not find this out of the ordinary. what is the big revelation in all of this? what's the take away here? >> reporter: i think there are going to be several takeaways. one is the timing, seems to be timed to em bar rish the british government. couldn't come at a worst time, absolutely couldn't. the other revelation will be some of the specific target, setting up a fake internet cafe to trick delegates at this summit to use their computer so e-mail accounts can be hacked, so their keystrokes can be learned on computers, blackberry. 45 people to monitor phone calls in realtime of these delegates and this information to be fed to british ministers in realtime so they can make realtime decisions during this summit about how they deal with it and get the outcome they want. perhaps very embarrassing, again, this will be one of the take away revelations, very careful monitoring of the russian president and dmitry medvedev knowing the russians change the way they comm